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40 Cards in this Set
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Cataracts |
Waterfalls that prevent river transportation |
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What tribe in South Africa is also called the Bantu tribe? |
Zulu |
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What is Apartheid? |
the way the whites handled the different races. |
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Who spoke out against Apartheid in South Africa? |
Nelson Mandela and F.W. de Klerk |
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What is the largest city in South Africa? |
Johannesburg |
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What is the administrative capital of south Africa? |
Pretoria |
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What is the legislative capital of South Africa? |
Cape Town |
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What tribe is located in Lesotho and South Africa? |
Zulu |
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What year did Lesotho get independence? |
1966 |
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What country has the highest rate of HIV and AIDS in the world? |
Swaziland |
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What is the life expectancy in Swaziland? |
32 years |
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Where is the Kalahari desert located? |
The Southwest Plateau |
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What country has large diamond mines? |
Botswana |
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Where are the San or Kalahari Bushmen located? |
Botswana |
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What is the life expectancy rate in Botswana? |
34 years |
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What country has a skeletal coast? |
Namibia |
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What country is two times the size of Texas? |
Angola |
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Which country has a lot of diamonds and petroleum? |
Angola |
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Which country has harbors that were made by the Portuguese? |
Angola |
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What is the 4th longest river in Africa? |
Zambezi River |
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What country has a lot of civil wars and ports for 4 landlocked countries? |
Mozambique |
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Which country has a lot of gold and nickel yet 80% of the population live in poverty? |
Zimbabwe |
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What country has remains of empires that were used for trade? |
Zimbabwe |
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What country's leader is Robert Mugabe |
Zimbabwe |
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What country has cuisines called nshima and ndiwo? |
Zambia |
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What country is the largest producer of copper in Africa? |
Zambia |
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What is the world's 3rd largest lake? |
Lake Malawi |
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What is a very beautiful but remote country? |
Malawi |
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What country is made up of 4 volcanic islands? |
Comoros |
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What country speaks mostly Arabic language and are mostly muslim? |
Comoros |
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What country is made up of 115 tropical islands? |
Seychelles |
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What is the name of the one town in Seychelles? |
Victoria |
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What language do people from Seychelles speak? |
Creo |
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What year did Mauritius gain independence? |
1968 |
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What significant land features are there in Eastern Africa? |
Great Rift Valley, Nile River, Horn of Africa, Lakes Region |
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What is the largest lake in Africa? |
Lake Victoria |
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What is the capital of Kenya? |
Nairobi |
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What is the major tribe that lives in Kenya? |
Masaai |
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Where is the serengeti plain? |
Kenya |
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Where are the most endangered species located? |
The Serengeti Plain |
